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dc.contributor.advisorJohn Myer.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMcKiernan, Polly Mansfielden_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.en_US
dc.coverage.spatiale-pl---en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-30T16:44:04Z
dc.date.available2012-01-30T16:44:04Z
dc.date.copyright1992en_US
dc.date.issued1992en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68744
dc.descriptionThesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1992.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 133).en_US
dc.description.abstractLast winter I visited a housing cooperative named 'LSM' in Lublin, Poland. In a town of 350,000, 50,000 people lived in the estate located 1 kilometer southwest from the medieval and nineteenth century city center. What I saw was a cold barren landscape dotted with rectilinear concrete slab buildings barricading a livable environment. In contrast to my impression, I held a respect for the place. I saw potential in using the existing apartment buildings and saw a beauty in the abused natural landscape. I felt that the existing environment could become more humane and livable. This would not be by means of salvaging, repairing or decorating, but rather reinterpreting what was there and interacting with the new and the landscape. Within the thesis I have chosen to portray chronologically the design process of a new city center and its integration into the estate. I do not consider the thesis to conclude into a design solution but rather as a pictorial description of my thought methodology cumulating in some ideas that I believe could be approached for urban environments of this sort.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Polly Mansfield McKiernan.en_US
dc.format.extent134 p.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectArchitecture.en_US
dc.titleBarren urbanity : transition and superimpositionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeM.Arch.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
dc.identifier.oclc26696214en_US


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